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Resource

Ask an Expert -- The Corona Spy Satellite

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Life Cycle of Butterflies– Lesson 1: Getting Ready for Caterpillars

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Life Science
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Curriculum

Ocean! How can we create a sustainable future for the ocean?

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
High School
Sustainability
A rectangular image that is blue on the top and fades into rust orange with white text that says the Ocean X Climate Summit
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Ocean X Climate Summit

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Image of the earth from space with the moon behind it and peaking out above Earth with a silhouette of a child and a bike in the image of the Moon.
Resource

Nuclear Frontiers

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Earth & Space Science
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Explore Smithsonian: Dr. Avi Loeb - Jr. Professor of Science

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Education
Webcast

Zero Barriers in STEM Education Summit: Keynote Address & Closing Remarks

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Resource

STC Literacy Series™: Motion and Design

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Video

The Impact of LASER i3

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Understanding Weather and Climate–Lesson 9: Ocean Currents-Using the Demo Box

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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“The kids learn from each other!”

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Curriculum

Un Problema De Peso

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Grade 5
Physical Science
Resource

Distance Learning and Digital Resources from the Smithsonian

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Game

Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp

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Grade 1
Kindergarten
Physical Science
Video

Land and Water– Literacy Extension

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC Secondary: Understanding Weather and Climate

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Researching the Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
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Increases in student achivement

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Illustrated moon surface with text that says teaching with telescopes.
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Teaching with Telescopes

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Earth & Space Science
Curriculum

STC-Secondary™: Exploring Planetary Systems

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Title screen for the educational life science game, Morphy.
Game

Morphy

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Life Science
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Commercial Space Data

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STC Literacy Series™: Microworlds

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Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Curriculum

STC Program: Catastrophic Events Unit Kit

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Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Earth & Space Science
Video

Interview with a Smithsonian Scientist: Dr. Cari

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Earth & Space Science
Video

Photosynthesis: Blinded by the Light

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Life Science
Video

Scaffolding Science Vocabulary Development within Inquiry-Based Instruction

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Education
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Rocks and Minerals– Lesson 8: Shining a Light on the Minerals

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Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Kindergarten
Earth & Space Science
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Curriculum

How Can We Stay Cool in the Sun?

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Kindergarten
Engineering Design
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Tales of the modern astronomer

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Earth & Space Science